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Species Liposthenes glechomae

Representative Images

Cynipidae, galls on Creeping Charlie - Liposthenes glechomae Creeping Charley galls - Liposthenes glechomae Creeping Charley galls - Liposthenes glechomae Creeping Charley galls - Liposthenes glechomae Creeping Charley gall wasp, dead, lateralX - Liposthenes glechomae Ground Ivy Gall [=Liposthenes glechomae??] ID Request - Liposthenes glechomae larva of gall insects - Liposthenes glechomae Creeping Charlie gall - Liposthenes glechomae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)
Tribe Aulacideini (Herb Gall Wasps)
Genus Liposthenes
Species glechomae (Liposthenes glechomae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aylax glechomae

Explanation of Names

Author: Linnaeus 1758
The species epithet is derived from the genus of the host plant.

Remarks

Larvae develop in galls on Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy / gill-over-the-ground / creeping Charlie).
Non native, introduced from Europe. The host plant is also a non native.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 July, 2009 - 8:06pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 23 June, 2011 - 9:49pm

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